Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-15
THE TRIAL.
Tho Personnel of the Jury-Opening Ad-
dresses.

Inc IerSOnnel N tne Jufy-Opening Ad-
dresses.
The work Of ,cmpanoiins a jury in the
Munchraih case began early the morning of
Wednesday, tho 9Th. The majority of he
regular venire was soon exhausted sud re-
course was had to the special venire of seventy
drawn by the sheriff. Some fifty person, !,
were examined-the STATE exhaustiug all their
same, before the jury box was satisfactorily
filled. at the cioae OF the second day the fol-
lowing gentlemen were sworn as jurors:
James Collins, gardner, Sioux City.
A J. Millard, undertaken Sioux City.
i. j. Jauron, merchant, Salix
Wm. Hall, farmer, Oio.
Z, E. Sanford, farmer, Union.
G X. koons, farmer, Rutland.
M. Goodrich, farmer, Concord.
Ghas. S AArmitage, farmer, Arlington
s. H Moore, druggist, Sioux City
=. G. Zerfing, farmer, Grant
II G. McDougall, music dealer, Sioux City
Tho state is represented by County At
torney Marsh, M y. O'Connell and Hubbard
Spauldins and Taylor. The defense by G. W.
Areo, Isaac Pendletcn, o. Z. Tredxav, I. l.
Lynn and Geo W. Kellogg.
1he opening statements of the counsel were
made 10 the jury Friday morning, Z. II. Hub
bard appearing for the state He read the in
dictmont charging Munchrath with murder
MIR. Hubbard said that the state would prove
that Munchrath did combine with others TO
commit a wrong against Dr. Haddocl-at least
to assault him with intent to do him bodily in
jnry--and that he was present with others in
pursuance of this intent when DR.. Haddocl,
was murdered. Mr. Hubbard did not chare Q
that Munchraih actually fired With his own
ha I'd the revolver shot which killed Dr. Had
dock. He then gave an outline of the facts,
showing thai Munchrath was in conspi acy
and combination o commit an assault on Dr.
Haddock, speakin of the Clark liquor law,
DR.. Haddock's attempt to enforce it in Sioux
City, and of Munchra.h as d saloon-K eper:
showing the organization Of the saloon-keep-
ers TO stop the pros ecutons; the plan formsd
and the commit eappoin ed to do up" Had
dock, or persons connected with the prosecu-
tions sat all events to silence tho witnesses
how Munchralh tho day before tho murder
went to Dan Morarity 10 try to get him to slug
Haddock; how, that failing, 1rieber en-
ployed Bismarck and Granda for the same
business; how on the night of the murder,
Munchrath was on the streets with other con-
spirat RS, knowing that Haddock had gone IN
| buggy to Greenviile; how Munchrath en-
although he did not go himself in tho hack ;
how he did later peer into a hack in which T.
p Murphy was beng conveyed home from
the train few minutes before the murder and
says: "Ihis is not the hack am looking for;n
how few minute; later he was at Junk's sn-
loon with other conspirntors, who were Joined
with the conspirators who had pursued Had
drck in the hack; how he left Junk's with tho
crowd and went direct to the corner of Water
and Fourth streets, little more than block
distant, as soon as the sentinel came with
word that Haddock had returned, and there
met him; and how there tho pistol was fired
| and Haddock fell dead within few feet of
| Munchraih.
Mr.. Hubbard said the state would show all
these facts, and they would demonstrate thai
| Munchrath was thero, aiding and abettng q
| wrongful act upon Haddock, in pursuance OF
| which the latter was killed, and the law made
his guilt the guilt of murder, and the Jury
| could not find otherwise.
Geo. w. Argo, for tho defense, wanted The
| jury to remember that the Indictment and the
states statements were on'y assertions-no
proof. He said hat the defendant pie d no
guilty, and that plea denied every allegation
PEELED to pi owe its charge by evidence, beyond
all reasonable doubt In the meantim,
Munchrath was presumed to be innocent; b,
| stood before the juiy an innocent man
| Mr. Argo said that the state uld not PROV
| its statements. 1t could not prove tha
Munchrath ever entered conspiracy 10 hur
Haddock L. could not pr We that he was o,
the street that night to harm Haddock in an,
way. Mr.. Argo siid that the state did no
claim that Munchraih fred the shot-onl
that he was present when the Rhot was fred
show that Munchrath was not present whel
tho shot was fired snd had no part whateye
IN the killing.
He then spoks of Munchrath as quiet an
peaceabIe man, who had lived all his life il
Sioux City. He denied that Munchrath was
salodn keeper, but admitted that he did for
while conduct saloon bar in his boardin
house, he fremont house. Mr.. Argo epok
Of Munchrath's fathsr as one Of the olde,